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From All Movie Guide: Though his credits are relatively brief, screenwriter Peter Hedges has been involved in mostly successful projects throughout his career. After graduating from North Carolina School of the Arts, he co-founded the Edge Theater and proceeded to write for the stage. His plays {+Baby Anger}, {+Good as New}, and {+Imagining Brad} have all been published and performed. He is the author of the novels {-An Ocean in Iowa} and {-What's Eating Gilbert Grape}, which he also adapted for the screen. His next two screenplay adaptations, A Map of the World and About a Boy, were both critically acclaimed films that earned Hedges several award nominations. He made his debut as a writer/director with the digital video project Pieces of April, which debuted at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi